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1999 - 43rd Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett

Starting Point: Fiesta Park, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA October 2, 1999

The story

   

Pilots Name

Co-Pilots Name

       
Rank Country Last First Last First BalloonName LandingPlace Distance km Time

1

BEL

Cocke

Phillipe de

Havere

Ronny van

D-OCOX

Amory/Mississippi

1666.54

40:09

2

CAN

Francoeur

Danielle

Burman

Leo

.

Goodman/Mississippi

1562.75

43:28

3

AUT

Fürstner

Johann

Stürzlinger

Gerald

G-BSRJ

Avery Island/Louisiana

1495.88

61:22

4

NET

Jurg

Rien

Houten

Ron van

PH-KTS Festo

Grosse Tète/Louisiana

1482.65

59:07

5

GER

Brachtendorf

Heinz

Hutmacher

Karl-Heinz

.

Mayersville/Mississippi

1451.52

42:38

6

USA

Bradley

Troy

Hale

Bruce

.

Mamouth Springs/Arkansas

1365.91

26:46

7

USA

Sullivan

Mark

Levin

David

D-OABQ Warsteiner

Spearsville/Louisiana

1326.51

43:23

8

GBR

Forse

Simon

Folket

Janet

.

McAlister/Oklahoma

988.63

28:38

9

GER

Eimers

Wilhelm

Landsmann

Bernd

D-OOWE Warsteiner

Fredricksburg/Texas

906.55

43:09

10

GER

Höhl

Josef

Fink

Thomas

D-OCOL Isenbeck

Minco/Oklahoma

778.57

19:54

11

USA

Abruzzo

Richard

Rymer-Davis

Carol

.

Seymour/Texas

700.75

25:07

12

SWE

Akerstedt

Hans

Balkedal

Jan

.

Hobart/Oklahoma

693.94

20:13

13

AUS

Vizzard

Peter

Lynne

Judy

.

Magnum/Oklahoma

650.46

18:26

14

SUI

Fröhlin

Hansjörg

Vollenweider

Walter

.

Magnum/Oklahoma

647.64

19:57

15

AUS

Wilson

Ruth

Houghton

Jenny

.

Durham/Oklahoma

602.88

13:24

16

JAP

Ichyoshi

Saburo

Oiwa

Maico

.

Skellytown/Texas

494.86

33:55

17

SUI

Stoll

Christian

Najer

Werner

D-OCFT

Panhandle/Texas

477.28

21:55

18

CAN

Wereschuk

Stan

Martin

Ronald

.

Muleshoe/Texas

374.75

33:03

19

GBR

Donnelly

Tom

Sutcliffe

David

.

Friona/Texas

366.89

15:12

20

FRA

Villey

Thierry

Buron-Pilatre

Phillipe

.

Stanley/New Mexico

48.28

2:32


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